As I think back on all the people I have known, whether
family, friends, or those I have only known via the media, one
thing stands out. None have ever taken anything with them. The
awards are up in the attic, stashed away in some old dusty
boxes. Someone else is living in the house. The cars have been
sold off, as well as the furniture. The money they earned now
belongs to someone else that did not earn it. Someone else is
wearing the jewelry. Even the clothes have been trashed or
given away. The fame and renown is fading away in some old
newspaper and in the memories of those who also will soon die.

They have left this world with less than what they had when
they entered it. Did you realize that? We enter this world as
a soul that has an earthly body. We leave this world as a soul
without an earthly body. It, the body, goes back to the earth.
By the way, many think we are a body with a soul, but that is
not true. We are a soul with a body. Every soul will stand
before God totally naked, not even a body to cover them, with
the exception of those who have called upon Jesus, by their
trust in Him, to stand in their place.

Far, far too many lived for the temporary, and went out facing
that which is eternal. Only those in Jesus Christ are now in
eternity with Him enjoying life everlasting. The others will
live forever, but in a state of eternal death in Hell, then
the Lake of Fire. Our earthly bodies will live but only a few
years, but our souls will live forever, either with God, or
apart from Him.

Where are they now? It all depends upon their relationship
with Jesus Christ prior to exiting this world. Do you know
where you will be when your body dies? Now would be a good
time to know.

It really doesn’t matter how much we own or accomplish while
living upon this earth. We will not be taking anything with us
anyway. It will all go to someone else. Even the fame we may
accomplish while here, will eventually fade away. I have read
of so many “movie stars”, for example, who accomplished so
much while living, but where are they now? All those who have
died without Christ would give it all away, if they could come
back and have just one more chance to choose wisely for
Christ.

Even if their accomplishments are still being displayed for
the world to enjoy, and their name is now revered in the
annals of history, where is their soul? The body has gone back
to the dust from where it came, never to rise again in an
earthly state, but where is their soul? Where are they now?

More and more people today are proclaiming to be atheists or
agnostics, but I can assure you that there are no atheists or
agnostics in Hell. They are all now staunch believers, but it
is too late.

Over the past few years, I have wondered about the eternal
fate of many people, especially those I only knew through the
fame they may have achieved in this world. How many of the
names on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, are named in Heaven? How
many of the names from the millions of books that have been
written, are written in Heaven? How many faces posthumously
seen on the movie screens of this world, will be seen in
Heaven? Where are they now?

Where will you be, when family, friends, and others who knew
you or knew of you, remember you in the past tense?